Standard vs random dictator games: On the effects of role uncertainty and framing on generosity
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Dictator game Generosity Role uncertainty Framing effect
Date
2021-07-07Referencia bibliográfica
E. Mesa-Vázquez, I. Rodriguez-Lara and A. Urbano. Standard vs random dictator games: On the effects of role uncertainty and framing on generosity. Economics Letters 206 (2021) 109981 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109981]
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Spanish Government ECO2016-75575-R; Spanish Ministry of Economics and Competition PID2019-110790RB-I00 PGC2018-097875-A-I00; Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities; Generalitat Valenciana 2019/095; Universidad de Granada/CBUAAbstract
We show that generosity is affected when we vary the level of role uncertainty, i.e., the probability
that the dictator’s decision will be implemented. We also show that framing matters for generosity
in that subjects are less generous when they are told that their choices will be implemented with
a certain probability, compared with a setting in which they are told that their choices will not be
implemented with certain probability